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International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 11, Issue 7, July-2020 1645 ISSN 2229-5518 Content Analysis: A Comparative Study of Two Dramas of Pakistan Television Network Samreen Asghar, Bushra Mahnoor, Wajeeha Zahid Abstract— this study analyzes Pakistani and specifically state-oriented PTV dramas. The world of television shows and tells us about life, peo- ple, places, power, and fate. People like to engage with the activities of social media and mostly, believe on the stance of it without referring it with genu- ine resources. Researchers are here tending to compare two dramas, representing two eras, to trace how women struggle change over time. For a woman, in a society like Pakistan, it is more difficult than a man to earn and maintain a successful position. The paper explains women struggle in two eras as in 1993 and in 2017. In Pakistan, the story of a woman’s deprivations starts even before her birth, where most of the girl fetuses are aborted. The lucky ones who survive are mostly “unwanted” children. Their life is a journey of subordination. The status of women in Pakistan is one of systemic gender subordination even though it varies considerably across classes, regions, and the rural/urban divide due to uneven socioeconomic development and the impact of tribal, feudal, and capitalist social formations on women's lives. The Pakistani women of today do, however, enjoy a better status than the past. Index Terms— dramas represents eras, gender subordination, soial structures, cultural formations, gender roles transformation & translation over time, women emporment, cultural taboos —————————— —————————— 1. INTRODUCTION Mass media is a sort of communication whether writ- time periods and the selected dramas are mainly revolved ten, broadcasted, or spoken that reaches a large audience. This around woman’s passion and women struggle. includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the Internet, Researchers selected two distinguished dramas of newspapers, magazines. So, one can say: “mass media is a PTV, “MARVI”, a folk tale of Umer & Marvi and “FARZ” A technology that is intended to reach a mass audience”. Mass woman in men’s profession. These dramas aired on PTV, in media acts as a significant force in modern culture. (Fol-kerts, two different era’s, explaining different life situations of wom- 2006) en struggle in their times. The very basic reason for selecting Sociologists refer mass media an influencing power these dramas is that these dramas are not based on fantasy which reflects and creates the culture, thinking and ideology and mostly reflect the realities of Pakistan. In Marvi drama, of a community. Communities and individuals watch, listen Ghazal Siddique as Marvi and Hassam Qazi as Umar starred and read ideologies, cultures of their own as well as of others in it as leading roles. It was written by Noor-ul-Huda Shah from multitude sources of massIJSER media including TV, bill- and directed by Sultana Siddiqui. It saw Mahnoor Baloch de- boards, radio, magazines etc. (Gripsrud, 2017) These sources but in a supporting role and also a good friend of Marvi. of mass media with ideologies and culture reflect not only a Marvi story revolves around a girl who used to live in society’s mind but also give a path to many new ideologies, a Goth of Sindh, Khoso, Thar area, Pakistan. Khoso Goth lo- thinking’s and cultures. However, this finds hard otherwise to cated adjacent to Jinnah International Airport. Marvi goes to penetrate from a particular society to another particular socie- the city for studying with an aim to come back to her village ty, thus easily changing the mind of a community. and make the living conditions better for her people. Every- In television programs, one of the most important thing doesn’t go the way she expected; she faces a lot of hard- genres which influence people the most is “DRAMA”. The ships. Hassam Qazi plays the role of Marvi’s possessive lover: drama has always played a key role in developing society as it Umar. It was the time when educating a woman was consid- has an immense influence on fashion, attitudes, behaviours ered a sin and to support her was just like a crime in Marvi's and thinking of society. Dramas have multi-pronged impacts culture. In that situation, Marvi not only survived against pa- on its audience as it silently transmits its message. It can affect triarchal setup but also took the first step to breaking the people positively or negatively, but it totally depends upon the backbone of exploiting the feudal system in her area. The content. drama presented a delicate mixture of emotions in a very im- Society itself has many untold stories and unidenti- pressive way. fied success stories of the people. However, this paper analysis The second drama is Farz aired on PTV in 2017, and women struggles in two different time periods so that one can have the gap of 24 years from drama Marvi, written by a analyze what kind of hindrances women faced when they are young and promising playwright Aamir Raza. The 17 episodes committed to doing something progressive. How women’s drama serial is directed by the maestro Kashif Nisar who is emancipation is limit then and now. Drama represents two known for handling sensitive subjects. Farz is the latest pro- different era’s and reflect the image of women struggle in two duction of Sixth Sense Communications that is well known for its issue-based communications through entertainment. IJSER © 2020 http://www.ijser.org International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 11, Issue 7, July-2020 1646 ISSN 2229-5518 “Farz” drama is primarily a comment on contempo- she wants to do something for herself and for her family in a rary Pakistani society with all its complexities and frustrations different way. The significance of this study is that dramas set in the backdrop of a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, play a vital role in gender role translations and gender role where people with dreams and deadly conspiracies strive to transformation. Through this translation and transformations live in harsh realities. She is Aliya; brilliantly played by Sonia of gender roles, there is a portrayal of both genders. Mishal, the character shows how to fight back patriarchy and 5. CONTENT ANALYSIS discrimination at every level. She becomes a police officer to Marvi drama was aired in 1993 while Farz drama in steer her life through. 2017. Both dramas have 24 years of gap. Both were casted in Our research is based on a comparative fashion on the Karachi in different regions and at different time period. Here, content analysis of the aforementioned two dramas. Content researchers have find out the main themes of the dramas as analysis is a way to analyze the content by slant, dialect and well as the cultural difference and similarities. The paper their intensity. And, a comparative study is done to compare compared them and traced that how the state oriented channel the content of two dramas through different angles. We en- portray the cultural values, gender roles and language in dif- deavour to find out how our state-oriented channel portrays ferent era’s. and captures the reality of two eras gaping 24 years. Besides we will try our best to show the differences & similarities 5.1 MAIN STORY OF THE DRAMAS along with the shift of women’s role from 1993 to 2017 in our Marvi 1993: paper. This story revolves around a girl who used to live in an area of Sindh, Goth village. Khoso Village is a suburb of 2. METHODOLOGY Shah Faisal Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Khoso The method which is used in this study is qualitative Goth located adjacent to Jinnah International Airport. This research and content analysis in which the researchers have story revolves around a girl who used to live in an area of done comparative study. The population for this study con- Sindh, Goth village. Khoso Village is a suburb of Shah Faisal sists of two dramas of state-oriented channel PTV, Marvi 1993 Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Khoso Goth located adja- and Farz 2017 with almost silver jubilee gap. Qualitative anal- cent to Jinnah International Airport. yses typically require a smaller sample size than quantitative Marvi was a popular drama broadcast on Pakistan analyses. The sample size of this research is consist of leading Television Corporation (PTV) in 1993. It was a modern version roles of women seen in the dramas, and their roles which fur- of the Sindhi folktale, Umar Marvi. It starred Ghazal Siddique ther help out in discovering useful information. as Marvi and Hassam Qazi as Umar. Marvi Retrieved 30 Au- There are two main women and other supporting roles of gust 2013, it was adapted by Noor-ul-Huda Shah and directed women as well. The researchIJSER technique herein used is the con- by Sultana Siddiqui. It saw Mahnoor Baloch debut in a sup- tent analysis which is descriptive in nature. The sampling tool porting role. Marvi goes to the city for studies with the aim to of the study means how the data is measured and how the come back to her village and make the living conditions better data will be collected. This study is comprised of observation for people there. Everything doesn’t go nice and easy accord- as its basic tool and includes non-participative observation. ing to her wishes and she faces lots of hardships. Hassam Qa- For analysis, descriptions and interpretations have been used. zi, plays a role of Marvi’s possessive lover, Umar. Here we want to add that Sindh has long been syn- 3.

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